Glasscraft undertook auditing and testing by CEN Solutions for both EN1279 sealed unit production and EN12150 for toughened safety glass. Alongside our BSI accreditations, CEN solutions offer specific glass industry expertise. Having been audited by BSI for many years, CEN Solutions offer a more comprehensive service and are able to advise and train where necessary. [...]
After procedure changes and successful production audit by ER fire, Glasscraft are now able to manufacture and distribute fire rated sealed units and single glazing. Stock products include GWRC, GWPP and EW30 clear glass types. With a growing demand for fire rated products from our customers, we decided to go through
The pre wash for the toughening line needed some upgrading and refurbished 2m washer is a perfect solution to fast cleaning of the glass prior going through the toughening plant.
The high speed production line installation of 2014 has shown the deficiencies in the existing PIB machine. A new Lisec PIB machine was installed as a perfect match for the new Lisec line.
Clugston construction refurbished a residential tower block in Huddersfield town centre. The glazing was triple glazed SKN165 high performance solar control glass with warm edge and Krypton gas fill. This was a £50k project with tight production and delivery schedules. The high performance glazing was part of a total ‘energy’ solution for the building.
The new line is a replacement line for one of the older robotic production lines. The line consists of 6-brush vertical glass washing machine, auto feed to Spacer bar alignment and inspection station, auto feed to automatic Argon gas filling press, auto feed to robotic sealing with Polysulphide sealant, auto feed to final exit station. [...]
As part of ongoing investment, Glasscraft required a glasswasher for the offline decorative and shaped products. An Atlantic 1.6m washer fitted the requirements and complements the offline production area.
Not all sealed units can be gas filled on line. With increased volume of many shaped/decorative units we needed to increase and upgrade our off line gas filling capacity and invested in 2 Innagas Smartfill 2 off line gas filling machines.
Krypton gas is used in high performance glazing. Krypton performs best in narrow cavities – 8mm – 12mm, and can help achieve lower U-values than Argon in these specific types of glazing. Krypton is very expensive and it is uneconomical to use Krypton on the production line due to high gas waste. This special offline [...]
As the first part of a major investment program over the next 12months, the glass processing software is essential to the smooth running of the factory. The new software helps us to organise production in a cost effective way to benefit our customers and reduce glass waste to a minimum. The new software is specially [...]
